Yearly Archives: 2007

School Days 2007 Update

Here’s an update to the announcement for the upcoming anime adaptation of School Days. While it is not stated on the image, it appears, judging the from lighting and layout, to have been taken during the Tokyo Anime Fair 2007 … Continue reading

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Kyon’s Death Note

What if Kyon gets the Death Note and Yuki is L? Who will die first? My bet is on Taniguchi. Pretty cool MAD video. XD [ Source: おもしろまにあっくす via Japanator ]

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Happy Birthday Maaya!

Phew, I made it! Today, 31st March (ending in Japan in another 30 10 minutes), is Maaya Sakamoto‘s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! お誕生日おめでとう! Yay! For the uninitiated, Maaya is the talented singer whose songs are featured in Escaflowne (she also voiced … Continue reading

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Nanoha StrikerS — the S is for Sucks

It seems like the entire world is against me on this, but I hate Nanoha. The entire series is generic and uninspired. The story is cliched and predictable. The characters are flat (in more than one way) and uninteresting. I … Continue reading

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The Making of Gunpla

Here’s a pretty interesting video of a Bandai plastic model design factory in Shizuoka prefecture, which by the way is just south west of Yokohama (capital of Kanagawa prefecture) and I know that because I just had a test on … Continue reading

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2ch’ers do Hare Hare Yukai in Akiba

A bunch of 2ch’ers made offline to dance Hare Hare Yukai in the middle of the main road at Akihabara on Sunday. In case you are concerned, the main road is close to traffic on Sundays so no otaku was … Continue reading

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Korean music video rips off FF7:AC

Anyway, Korean pop artiste Ivy recently had a music video “Temptation of Sonata” banned from TV because it ripped off recreated a scene from Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children without Square’s consent. Here’s a comparison made by some bored person: … Continue reading

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Guns don’t kill people, people kill people

But guns certainly make it easier. Like most people living Asia, I woke up to the morning news and the first RSS feed I read was on the Virginia Tech shooting, the worst of its kind in American history. I … Continue reading

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Xbox 360 for sale!

Looks like this blog has hit a new low. Oh well. Anyway, I’m selling my Xbox 360 Premium Bundle! Everything is included except the one free month of Xbox Live Gold membership. Region code is NTSC-J (i.e. Asia). I think … Continue reading

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Motivation

Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been reaching home quite late for the past week and only had time for anime and World of Warcraft (lvl 23 Draenei Hunter… yay!). But anyway, look what I found in the mailbox … Continue reading

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Liar Game

Many people have been accusing me of giving up on 2D (nijigen) and moving on to 3D (sanjigen). Well that is just not true. There’s no reason why you can’t like both. Anyway, I’ve been watching Liar Game, a live … Continue reading

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Da Capo II anime announced!

According to Moon Phase Zakki, the latest issue of Comptiq has revealed that an anime adaptation of D.C. II is in the works. While being terribly vague (a huge understatement on my part) on the details, it seems to me … Continue reading

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